The victims were dealing with their instructor’s farm in Tungan-Bako town, Pandogari district of Rafi Local Government Area, when shooters got into the location on Saturday, 31 October.
The cops representative in Niger State, Wasiu Abiodun, stated the victims are trainees of an Islamiya school who were assisting their instructor, understood in your area as a Mallam, harvest maize.
“On 31/10/2026 at about 12.30 pm, thought outlaws attacked Tungan-Bako town through Rafi LGA and abducted some individuals dealing with the farm,” Mr Abiodun stated in a declaration on Monday.
“The report even more suggested that the abducted victims had to do with 14 trainees of an Islamiya assisting their Mallam to collect maize on the farm before the event.”
He stated joint security groups had actually started rescue operations to protect the victims’ release.
The cops verification followed earlier reports by Daily Trust and PUNCH on the kidnapping.
Daily Trust priced estimate sources near the school as stating the students stopped at a borehole to clean and consume water while returning from the farm when the shooters took them.
A source informed the paper that the instructor had actually gotten info about the approaching outlaws and advised the students to return home.
“While on their method home, the students supposedly stopped at a borehole to clean their bodies and beverage water. It was at that point that the armed guys dove on them and blended them away,” the source stated.
Daily Trust at first reported that a minimum of 12 students had actually been abducted, while another source put the variety of victims at 13, consisting of the more youthful bro of the school’s owner.
The event was the current of attacks and kidnappings in Niger State, especially in farming neighborhoods.
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On 21 November 2025, shooters abducted 230 students, trainees and employee from St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara LGA. The victims were later on saved after investing numerous weeks in captivity through an operation collaborated by the Office of the National Security Adviser.
On 21 August 2026, equipped males likewise apparently abducted more than 500 worshippers from Juma’at mosques in Dekara and 4 other neighborhoods in the state.
On 27 September, 47 farmers were apparently abducted while gathering groundnuts in Tugan-Rimi, Mariga LGA.
The current kidnapping comes in the middle of growing security issues in Niger State, where armed groups have actually magnified attacks on rural neighborhoods, farms and locations of praise.
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